Baking Journey

My very first baking lesson was at Creative Culinaire in Eng Hoon Road.  It was not terribly expensive and I have my sister to partner me.  It was interesting that I get to learn more about baking and got to bake my first 12 cakes, ranging from Swiss rolls, sponge cake to butter cakes.  I did not get to to next level as my sis did not want to continue. Their classes are conducted in such a manner that two people will work together. Being fussy, I did not want to work with another stranger.

This leads me to sign up an official baking class with Jia Lei at Rochor. Paid $1800 to learn 40 varieties of cakes. I like the flexibility as it was individual and you can choose to go in at anytime you want. I took leave from work and manage to finish in a month. Do I like it? No. The instructor has two dogs that go in and out of the kitchen. I thought that was rather unhygienic.  The bakes were also very traditional. I remember the Chocolate Fudge cake which ended up with a jelly coating. What a disappointment! At the end of the lessons, I was supposed to erceive a certificate (they call it a diploma). Unfortunately, as my last lesson coincide with the Chinese New Year period and they were very busy to bake CNY cookies for sale, they did not have time to print it for me. I was also too lazy to go back to collect a paper which I do not need.  If only I had chosen to go Prima for lesson, I may end up being a better baker now.

It was only by chance that I got to see so many bloggers who are able to produce fantastic bakes with very simple gadgets. I feel ashamed as I have an Ariston Oven, a Kitchen Aid Mixer and a Breville Breadmaker yet my bakes were at no way comparable to these bloggers. These bloggers also did not attend any formal lessons and I gathered I can start learning from the recipes posted. Thanks to all these great bloggers who do not mind sharing.  As indicated in my last blog, I deliberately created a new email and new blog to start "afresh". 

Hopefully, someone will get to my blog one day and tell me "hey, I like what you have posted". :)  I also hope to get time to take nice pictures to post as what I have now are pictures taken from my handphone. I should learn to be more respectful to my blog.

My First Blog

Here is a woman dreaming to be a wonderful baker who can whip up nice pastry items to satisfy the appetite of my three lovely children.  I have been deliberating over and over again for a "perfect" blog name so I can use it to record my baking journey. Finally derived at "Flour at Work" since everything is flour related :)

I took my first baking lesson at Creative Culinaire sometime in Y2008.  This was followed by the purchase of an Oven and Kitchenaid mixer.  However, I did not bake as frequent as I wish I could.  The numerous baking blogs I viewed had never failed to impress me, especially those who own just a table top oven and a handheld mixer. I have everything but did not do as well.  I hope I will be as good one of these days. Wish me luck.